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No- 857,006. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907. H.PRIGE.

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A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY PRICE, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HA] 1F TO OWEN HEALEY, OF E'LIZABEIH, NEW JERSEY.

LAVATORY,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed January 28, 1907. Serial No. 354,510.

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY PRICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Lavatory, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to the construction of lavatori'es, wash basins, sinks and similar vessels of earthenware, pottery and the like, and has for its object to provide an improved construction of lavatory or basin in which the tendency to warp or twist during the drying and tiring operations will be reduced to the minimum, and wherein the tendency especially during the firing to cause the uneven or severe straining of the bowl so as'to make it subsequently liable to crack is eliminated, particularly in that type of lavatories and wash basins wherein the table which supports the bowl proper is provided with a depending apron to give an ornamental finish to the article.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accornpanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being un derstood that various changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure l is a perspective view of a lavatory or basin constructed in accordance with theinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same partly broken away to show one or more of the brackets in full lines. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the basin. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are, respectively, detail perspective views of the component parts of the basin as they are prepared preliminary to combining or joining together and being, respectively, the table, the apron, the bowl and the flange. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the bowl inverted.

Similar numerals of reference are em ployed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the construction of devices of the class to which this invention appertains, it is the usual practice to mold or otherwise form the several parts, and then while in a soft or plastic state to arrange them in their proper relative positions and in contact, and after permitting them to dry sul'liciently, the composite article is placed in a kiln and fired, and it is during first the drying operation, and second the firing operation that unequal and severe strains are placed upon the various parts, partimilarlyupon the bowl proper which is thus rendered susceptible to cracking when jarred slightly, and frequently may be cracked during the operation of firing. As there is a demand for lavatories and basins which have the appearance of being inclosed, and are provided with aprons owing to the more finished appearance presented thereby, and as it is in the drying and firing of basins particularly of this type where it is the practice to turn the apron under and attach it to the bowl that the straining of the bowl due to the contraction of the bowl in one (,lirection and the contraction of the apron and ilauge in the other direction that this tendency is most apparent, it is the object of this invention to provide such a construction of basin or such a relative construction and arrangement of the apron and bowl as to entirely eliminate the relative strains during the 'l'iring operation and yet retain the advantage of supporting the bowl by means of the flange or the apron. For this purpose the device embodying this invention is constructed of four parts which are molded preliminary to arranging them in their proper relative positions and which consist as shown respectively in Figs. l to 7, of a table 10 having any desired contour and provided with a bowl opening 1], a skirt or apron 12 which may be made of any desired ornamental contour and shape and which at its upper edge follows the contour of the edge of the table, the bowl 133, also of any desired shape, whether oval, round or otherwise, having molded or cast thereon brackets 14, which, as shown in Fig. 2, project radially from the lower portion of the bowl to within a short distance of the apron and terminate short thereof to avoid con-tact and which have flat horizontal lower ends forming shoulders 15, and a flange 16 carrying the overflow or outlet portion 17 and having a flat upper surface parallel with the shoulders 15. The flange corresponds .in contour with the lower portion of the apron and is provided with the usual or any preferred fastening openings 18. The table in turn may be provided with the usual or any preferred openings 19 for the fixtures.

After the formation of the various parts or elements as above described, they are placed in the relative positions indicated in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, while yet in a sufficiently plastic or soft condition to enable their meeting edges to be united, and after the device has been sufliciently dried it is fired in the usual way. During the drying and firing steps in the process of making the basin, the tendency is for the flange 16 to contract so as to draw the inner edge thereof around the open ing 20 outwardly, while the tendency of the bowl is to contract inwardly, and thus change the relative positions of the inner edge of the flange and the exterior surface of the bowl. In constructions wherein the flange is brought into contact with the bowl wall itself, this contraction frequently causes cracks between the flange and the bowl, sometimes causing the cracking of the bowl or the flange,

and always produces a tension which in the subsequent use of the device renders the basin, and particularly the bowl portion thereof extremely sensitive to jars, and results in the event of a slight jar in the cracking of the bowl, and thus the destruction of the basin. By providing the horizontal shoulders which come down to the upper surface of the apron, but do not press thereon sufficiently tight to cause them to unite permanently thereto as do the upper edge of the apron with the under surface of the table, the upper edge of the bowl with the under surface of the table, and the upper surface of the flange with the lower edge of the apron, the contraction outwardly of the apron and inwardly of the bowl during the drying and subsequent firing. operations permits relative movement of the upper surface of the flange near its opening with reference to the horizontal shoulders 15, and vice versa, so that at the completion of the firing operation neither the bowl nor the flange is under any tension whatsoever due to the relative contractions thereof, and yet the flange serves to protect and support the bowl byreason of occupying a l l l position beneath said shoulders. It will be noted, moreover, that the brackets are separately located instead of beingformed as a continuous projection from the bowl, and therefore the increased thickness does not affect the uniform and complete drying and firing of the bowl, and yet the surface of the upper edge of the bowl where attachment is made with the under surface of the table is made of greater area to insure a more perfect and satisfactory union between the bowl and the table and thus make in effect a stronger and more durable basin.

I claim 1. An article of the class described, where in the apron is provided with a lower flange and the bowl is provided with spaced lateral shoulders extending thereover.

2. An article of the class described, wherein the apron is provided with a lower flange and the bowl is provided with spaced laterally extending shoulders bearing thereon.

3. An article of the class described, wherein the apron is provided with a lower flange having a horizontal upper surface and the bowl is provided with spaced shoulders having horizontal downwardly facing surfaces bearing on said flange.

4. An article of the class described having an apron provided with a lower flange having a horizontal upper surface and a bowl having lateral brackets provided with horizontal lower ends forming shoulders bearing upon said flange.

5. An article of the class described, comprising a table, an apron, and a flange, and including a bowl interposed between the table and the flange and provided with lat eral projections having upper and lower horizontal surfaces for contact respectively with the under surface of the table and the upper surface of the flange. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. HENRY PRICE. Vitnesses:

OWEN HEALEY, FRANK X. KENNIG. 

